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		<title>The vital lesson Britain must learn from Trump’s failure in Iran</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i Paper (20th April, 2026)]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Farage is out of his depth on the world stage</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i Paper (23rd March, 2026)]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i Paper (23rd February, 2026)]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>This European nation shows the dangers of populism. So will it now turn the tide?</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i Paper (16th February, 2026)]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The toxicity of Trump&#8217;s talk on Greenland</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i Paper (16th January, 2026)]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Poland has turned on its Ukrainians</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by UnHerd (22nd December, 2025)]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i Paper (15th December, 2025)]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Every night Putin tries to kill us with drone and missiles. But in the morning we have to go to work because Ukraine has to keep going</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The Daily Mail (12th December, 2025)]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Make no mistake: Trump has declared war on Europe</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i Paper (8th December, 2025)]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Russia&#8217;s black widows getting rich on coffin money</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The Daily Mail (6th December, 2025)]]></description>
		
		
		
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